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From: Bob Johnston <haloman@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: undeprecate raw driver.
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 23:01:51 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20070514T005958-424@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 464770A0.4070809@s5r6.in-berlin.de

Stefan Richter <stefanr <at> s5r6.in-berlin.de> writes:
> So why don't we simply say:
> 
>   - "Users of feature A are urged to migrate to alternative B."
>   - "Feature C will be removed in February 2038."
> 
> Everybody understands the meaning of /that/.

Why not just use the terms:
* outdated - as a replacement for "deprecated".
* toberemoved - as a replacement for "obsolete".

These terms are easy to understand, short, universally accepted and extremely
difficult to get wrong.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-13 23:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-13 16:32 undeprecate raw driver Dave Jones
2007-05-13 16:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-13 16:43   ` Dave Jones
2007-05-13 16:46   ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 17:34     ` Bernd Eckenfels
2007-05-13 17:56       ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 20:06         ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 20:24           ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 21:40             ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 20:10         ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 21:49           ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-13 22:42             ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 23:01           ` Bob Johnston [this message]
2007-05-14 11:42             ` Alan Cox
2007-05-14 13:53               ` Bob Johnston
2007-05-14 14:07                 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-15  2:47                   ` David Schwartz
2007-05-14 13:39     ` Bill Davidsen

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